How I Learned to Stop Worshipping Whiteness While Growing Up Biracial
By Joleen Brantle of ForHarriet.com I haven’t always been very racially aware. When I was a child Pokémon cards, cartoons, and school were of vastly
By Joleen Brantle of ForHarriet.com I haven’t always been very racially aware. When I was a child Pokémon cards, cartoons, and school were of vastly
The never-ending quest for perfectly moisturized hair begins in the hair product aisle or, if you’re a mixologist, your kitchen. I’m not much into mixing homemade
I did my big chop in the winter of 2004. While my hair seemed to retain length over the next year and a half it
Times are changing in the natural hair world. An increasing number of salons are offering at least one natural hair specialist while a host of
By Ashley Reese of TheGloss “Wow, I…didn’t know your hair was that long.” These were the first words out of my boyfriend’s mouth when he
“There were 11.2 million Africans that we can count who survived the Middle Passage and landed in the New World, and of that 11.2 million,
For women with tightly coiled hair, a conditioner isn’t worth its weight if it doesn’t facilitate the detangling process. The measure of a product’s ability
We are loving these photos from artist Nakeya Brown’s Hair Stories Untold series. And an objective of the series, according to Brown, is to invoke
Our second feature is from Elle. Be sure to check out our first feature from Chinwe. When I had a TWA, I didn’t really think
This past Wednesday, Ivory Coast officials announced the ban of skin whitening creams after concerns of long term health issues were raised. The ban specifies creams
Are you ready to take a walk down memory lane? Can you guess these celebrities? This ridiculously gorgeous little girl would grow up to become
by Ashley Reese of The Gloss Tumblr knows that I’m in an interracial relationship. As I scroll through my dashboard, I’m regularly met with posts
*Sigh* In today’s, ‘who told them this would be a good idea?’ news; Disney is working on a film called The Princess of North Sudan…
A few weeks ago, it became evident that I’m not the only natural who’s ever felt the creamy crack calling out to them in the